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WYMAN TRUVOY JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 30, 1948 – April 22, 1970
Service recordWyman Truvoy Johnson, of Markham, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 36
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Markham, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 36
- RONNIE LEE HENSLEYChief Master Sergeant · April 22, 1970
- ROBERT NEWELL IRELANDChief Master Sergeant · April 22, 1970
- JOHN SCOTT KEENANWarrant Officer 1 · April 22, 1970
- ALAN JOSEPH KULTGENSergeant · April 22, 1970
From Markham
- JAMES DOUGLAS CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH VANGORDERSergeant · June 21, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PAHR JRSergeant · December 19, 1968
- JERRY CHARLES BOCKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- ODELL EASLEYPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- NAPOLEON JOHNSONSergeant · July 5, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.